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The South western news., 1887-06-22
TOO POOR.

An editor was sitting in his Of
fee one afternoon when farmer
friend of his came in.
VIZ. Editor, / like your paper.
but the times are SO hard l can't
pay for it.
is that so, friend Jones9 I'm
very sorry that you are hard up.
| will give you my paper
ooh, no! | can't take it as a
gift
well, then, let me see how we
can fix it. You keep chickens, |
belieye.' @ up1 % aas Asas
Yes few; but they don't bring
anything hardly
Don't theyY Neither does my
paper cost anything hardly Now
| have proposition to make to
YOU / will continue your paper,
and when you go home you may
select from your lot one chicken
and call her mine. Take good
care Of her and bring me the pro.
ceeds, whether in eggs or IN chick
ems, and | will call it square,
'All right, and the farmer
chuckled as he went OUT at what
he thought a clever bargain. He
kept the contract strictly, and at
the end of the year found that he
had paid about four prices for his
paper.
He often tells the joke on him
self and says that he has never had
the cheek to say that he is too
poor to take paper since. Chris
tian Mirror. -ts
The South western news., 1887-06-22

Savannah News.
1.-THE Future Of the Colored Race
in the United States from an Eth.
hic and Medical STANDPOINT" was the
subject of DR.. Z r Cors0n's lee
ture before the Georgia Historical
Safety list night. DIR. COrson ar
gued that the African race, an in.
fernr race, transported by force
from its natural habitant to a dis
tant country and thrown by eman'
cipation. after a period of slavery,
into the struggle for existence with
a superior ra e, can never gain an
ascendancy, but must in time die
nut or become so merged into the
dominant race as to Enally lose its
identity; that already there are
evident signs that the physique OF
the race is deganerating, as Shown
by the rate of mortality as conf
pared to the white race, and by
the appearance Of certain patho"
logical conditions, which predict
an eveh higher rate Of mortality in
the near future.
FALSE ARGUMENTS REFUTED.
The first part of his lecture was
taken UP with the refutatiOn Ofthe
argument based upon the census
returns, an argument used by Ger"
tain Northern writers to prove that
the colored race is rapidly increas-
ing to eventually outnumber the
whites, with results fatal to the
prosperity Of the country, and es-
pecialIy the South. He quoted at
some length from VT. Henry Gar
nett, who has shown cOnclusively
that a careful revision of the cen
The South western news., 1887-06-22
off WITH HIS HEAD. i"
An Interview with Chinese High
Excutioners IN Canton.
Pail Mall Gazette


Pail Mall Gaaette.1 /
How do you use this swords
Where is the block We don't
use block. What we do is to
make the prisoners kneel down in
two rows facing one another, and
bending their heads down. Then
! I take the sword and chop, chop,
one on each side, and the heads
fall of; SO on, till they're all done,
as you'd switch the tops off green
weeds with your walking stick
But yon always don't chip a
head off with one blow?
Always
What is the knife for?'
For the ling che, or death by
many cuts. We tie the culprit
who is CONDEMNED to this death ia
that cross (pointing to two rough
Embarked stick, roughly crossed],
and we begin by cutting off the
eyelids, ears, nose, and so on, end.
ing by sticking the knife into the
heart. The cuts vary in number
from eight to hundred and twen>
ty, according to the Nervousness Of
the culprit>s crime
What class of criminals are con.
demned to the ling chez,
'Parcicides, matricides and wo-
man who have killed and mutilat.
ed their husbands form the major
ity.'
DO the executions interfere
with your appetite and sleep!'
The three executioners grinned
sardonicalIy at this question, so we
asked:
How many persons have you
executed in day?'
4 have chopped twenty heads
off myself in two minutes. See
that dark'looking place on the
ground over there-that's caused
by the blood of the last batch we
had
What is done with the bodiesf'
The friends take the bodies
away, but we keep the heads in
the crooks over by the wall there
md when we have a large humber
which are no longer recognizable
we bury them Would you like
to see some of the heads p
We declined, and one of my
companions began to grow pale
and complain of not feeling well,
50 we ordered tie guide to lead us
away.
Gentlemen. give twenty cents
each, cumshaw, to the execution
ers,' said the guide, which we glad.
ly did TO escape from the staring Of
the 'boss' butchers swivel eye; and
so ended our interview with these
High Executioners of the Great
Chinese Empire.
The South western news., 1887-06-22

in making them, it rs EXTREMITY diff.
ficult to enforce the road laws. A
farmer would apparently rather
pay ten dollars for repairs tn his
wagons and harness than to pay
that sum to assist in putting the
roads in his neighborhood IL good
condition. although he knows T. at
If improved they would relieve him
Of the expense Of repairing his wa.
gonb and harness. # s@a@
tits noticeable that where there
are COED roads the farmers are
more prosperous and the farms are
more valuable than where the
roads are neglected. Good road
horses and good carriages are found
where the roads ara good, and the
people appear to be more content
ed. 1t is certain that money
invested in roads Is well invested.
II pays big interest and every
body gets share Of it.
There are those who insist that
the road laws are insufficient, but
it is probable that if the road laws
were strictly enforced they would
answer the purpose for which they
are intended very well, The
trouble. is that in enforcing the
laws too much taverilism ia shown,
and in making the. roa,is too little
intelligence is exhibited. --Savan-
nah News.
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A Novel Way of Popping the
Question.

N. Y. SUM-
A young Aberdouian, bashful,
but desperately in love, finding
that no notice was taken Of his
visits to the house of his weetheart
summoned up sufficient courage to
address the fair one thus:
Jean, I was here on Monday
NIGHT
'Ay, ye were that replied she
An was here on Tuesday
NIGHT
so ye we're
Aud I was here on Wednes.
day. continued the ardent youth.
'Ay, an ye were on Thursday
night aud a 9k
AM | was here last NIGHT.
Wehs she says. what 1t ye
were?'
An I am here tie NIGHT again,
And what aboos it, even if W
came every NIGHT
What aboOt it, did ye say Div
We no begin to smell rst?'
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rHys,cAR DRGEsERAcY,

To show the physical degen- ssacy
of the race Dr. Corson gave the
moituary statistics Of the principal
Southern cities, which show that
the cOlOred mortality about doub.
les that of the white, and that the
mortality from consumption among
the colored people more than doub.
les that Of the. whites from this dis
ease. Further that the Negro is
falling a victim to maIarial and
miasmatic disease, from which he
was formerly exempts He showed
that during the slavery the phyei.
que of the race was good, and in
many instances-it was better than
that of white people, but that since
emancipation tn, Negro has been
thrown directly into the struggle
for existence against the superior
race, and in this struggle he must
go to the wall with great loss of
The South western news., 1887-06-22
County Roads.

One of the most difficult things
TO get counties to do is to improve
their roads. Indeed, it il about
impossible to get them to do it.
There is not a citizen of any cohn'
ty in all this broad land who does
not know the value of good roads,
and yet the road problem Is one
that only comparatively few
co,;rties have solved, and they
have succeeded only because they
have attacked it resolutely and in
diligently. The condition Of the
roads throughout this State is de-
plorable, If farmers would care
fully compute the damage they an
nIslly suffer OH account of bad
roads they would be surprised al
the amount of it. They would
6nd that the wear and tear upon
their work animals. harness, wa
goRs, the inconvenience they are
put to, and the loss growing one Of
the impOssibility OF hauling full
loads, amount to many times theil
taxes
Aud yet, while everybody wants
good roads and declares that he il
ready to bear his share of expense
The South western news., 1887-06-22
HE FOUND A FROGS NEST.
The Scientific Adventures a. an
Ex~Reyenue Off 1s.

A paFtyof revenue men ansiOth
ers drove cut into the c0unGry .
few miles the othes day for q slas =
fishing. The fishing business Ellor
proving very briak, they dstesmin.
ed that a dinner q AFcgs legs
would not he a bad thing. and s~.
set out in search Of . supply, Of the
"ker>chunkers." They found them
numerous, and soon had . supply.
many Of them being Of the Jumbo
variety. The last man to come in.
to camp brought three small eggr.
! and he gravely announced that he
lad found and robbed atFug's nset.
Two or three of the party secuted
this idea, and proceeded to deliver
themselves of dissertations on the
characteristics of the genus frog
There was one in the party, how>
ever, who inclined to the btIiof
that the eggs were in reality those
of frog, aud when the discoveler
of the nest announced that he had
captured the old frOgess on her nert
and proposed to kill and cue. beg
openrin the interest Of science and
to settle the question oil were at.
tentioD. The frog was, accordingly
slaughtered, and the post mortem
examination begun, aud Whist was
the surprise Of all when from the
interior Of the "animile" was Ia
ken a fourth egg OF the same NJ.
ture and size as the others. The
believer in frogs nests was natar.
ally delighted with the find and
announced that he was always
ready to back his opinions on she
frog question with money, soapOr
Marbles" -
1t being proposed to continue ths
scientific investigation further 70 ~
to ascertaiu the contents If a trog's
egg the shell Of the ONE takeR
from the frog was broken. There
rolled out from the. interior Pc
culiarly shaped mass, which being
carefully examined was found to
be-a young sparrow. The yells
which greeted this discovery were
| mistaken in Atlanta for thunder,
and the hacker OF frogs nests re.
tired into his shell. and when the
discoverer ofthe nest confessed that
he had examined one of the eggs
down the capacious throat of the
frog just for fun, there was for
time lively prospect Of q duel.
For further information GA this
subject interview Perry Chisolm.
The South western news., 1887-06-22
AFTER DEATH.

All night long the dead may lay
Under the leaves and the rain.
washed clay.
All night long in her dweili1s
dim
The wife Of his bosom wept for
him.
And my love is buried with him.
she said:
For | lovehim living, I love him
dead.
And the dead man dreamed in his
ow place
That he felt her tears fall over his
And no dreaEs of the dead could
w RIB.
Down to death she was true IN
me!
But when DER li' grave in the
shine and rain
The roses withered and bloomed
AGAIN;
When the leaves fell green on the
cold earth's crust
And his bones we're white and his
heart was dust.
The woman he loved. her head res
clined
On the breast of another, less true,
less kind;
And looking into his eyes, she
said:
[ love Won n,oro tbor 7 louoI A..
dead.
And under tho loovos ona A.
r,;n.w,sbad clov
Faded, forgotten the dead man Law.
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Del C-taLave.

The use of Delectalave imparts
such agreeable sensation to- the
mouth and teeth, as to make it u
pleasure to children as well as to
adults. Use Delectalave when you
perform yourdaily additions. The
habitual use will preserve the teeth
in 3 healthy condition during life.
Foi sale by ]. r. James Son Daw.
son Go
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Born Without Eyes.

There is 8 boy in Dover, Me-.
born without eyes or eyelids. The
part Ofthe face in which the eyes
ought to be, according to all pre-
cedents, is as smooth as the cheek.
The boy is IA years Of age and his
name is stimeford. lis parents
have repeatedly refused to have
the child exhibited asa curiosity.
The lids mother is very near,
sighted. Boston Traveller.
The South western news., 1887-06-22
A STRIKING SMILE.

In conclusion, DR.. COrson said:
"The forces are at work, and their
ultimate issue, which / have at.
tempted to indicate, may be rough.
ly portrayed and epotOmiEed by a
smile. Imagine a crystal lake fed
by many streams from all points of
the compass, bringing waters as
varied as the region through which
they flow: Suddenly, from the
southwark gushes in a muddy
stream, which empties into the
lake to soon exhaust itself. At
first, tor some distance out on the
surface, we can see a distinct line
Of demArcation between the clear
and the muddy. Gradually, by a
process of diffusion and precipita-
ton, this division line becomes less
and less distinct. the muddy stream
shading of into the clear until fn-
ally the lake is left in its original
clearness, and our eyes, wandering
over its surface, tail to detect any
cloudiness in its clear and translu>
cent depth" w
The South western news., 1887-06-22

An elderly gentleman who de-
lights in calculations contributes
this elf the immortal George
Washington, when he was 4S years
OF age, had stepped into u rail.
road Office and pawned his little
Ratchet for . ticket to the planet
Mars be would, at the rate Of fifty
miles an hour, have arrived there
this year.
The South western news., 1887-06-22
ts. -9.s.- III DAWSON GA4 WEDNESDAY, JUNE q 1881

sns shows that the blacks are not
increasing owe, the whites. but
quite the contrary. He maintained
that the only soluti n OF the prof.
lem is through the. teachings Of
ethnOlogy and biology, and the ex-
periences Of those who have stud
led the physical status Of the
The South western news., 1887-06-22
The Type of Women that Breed
Fugitive Bank Cashiers.

Buffalo Courier.l
Where did the new tea.kettle
come from?', inquired an East Side
man who recently found his cook
stove unexpectedly adorned. 4
made trade with a tin peddler
with your old trousers replied the
prudent little, house wife. "How
much to boot?' Not a penny
Nonsense! Those trousers were as
full of holes as q lace curtain. and
not worth 10 cents for rags, while
the kettle would be cheap ut so
cents Il got the kettle fer the
trousers all the same,' persisted the
little woman. i saw the peddler
coming, and while he was dicker-
ing with the neighbOrs, / slipped
that oEd brass medal you got at the
/ Photographers Convention into sha
trousers pocket. Of course the
peddler gave your garmens cares
ful examination, and in 30 doing
felt the medal ia the pocket. I
kept my S,ys ON him so that he did
not dare to take it out. He
thought it vas q silver dollar sure,
and when I s,kt: Now, no non
sense, give III, lat tea-kettle for
the trousers b v.m back and
begone. u Us, s<s,e done
! your heart good to s.S>'.Nsl preanpt-
II be accepted the first & ,s.'iIien.'
The South western news., 1887-06-22
The Admirers

OF the | w Harper, Nelson county,
KY, whiskey, are hereby informed
that this whiskey is not sold pro-
misciously over the country. but
placed into the hands of one dealer
who Is authorized to guarantee that
the whiskey is sold pure as it comes
from the Distillery. Sold in Daw'
son, only by
FRANK BETHUNE,
Dawson, ia
BERNHENI Bros. & Tn.
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/ ; ;,
'CTrREs NII- HUMOR0,

from n common BlOIch, or EruPtionS
to the worst ScTOfula. Salt rheumss
e Feyer sOres,'' AcHIy or Rough
Skin, in short, all diseases caused by oad
fying. and invigorating medicine: Greaf
Eating Ulcers rapidly hca. under 10 pc;
niTn influence Especially las i manitcsted
its potency in curing Tester' Hose s. sTs,
Mons sores and NwcllinEs, Nip"
ioi,st DIscasc, white NWcIIiHgs,
Eoitrc, or Thick Neck, and Enlarge
GInmsls. Send ten cents in stamps for =
So,.srn trcatis1. with cOlorCd plates, on skin
Diseases, or the same amount for treatise
on ScrofniOus A ..tCtions. rvrr -
"TaSE BLOOD Is HE pIasI.,s
n1NIN"s. Medical Discovery, and @OOG
GigestIOT, q fair skin, bn0yans sglrs
isas and vital strength, will be established
The South western news., 1887-06-22
CONSUMPTION,

which is SerOfmIa of she Lungs is ar
rcsted and cured by this remedy, IL taken be- o,
fore the last stages of the disease are res ,ihsv
sataI disease. when FIRST offering this now
Celebrated tie remedy to the public, DR. PIEHcE
tbonTHt seriously Of calling Il his "Co sHss
sGTaPtIoM Gare," 3D. but aSShcpReV which.
ram Trnm ire wonderful combination OF tonic or
Ito'1 Alternative, or blood-ceanslng'
Sntisous pcctOra and md, n%trti rceed dSPSS fer
ties, is nnequaSie . s sSt ~" III" Chronic biss
Sha
The South western news., 1887-06-22

The best Salve in the world for
cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, EslssSs
Cheum, Fever Soles, Tetter, chap
ped Hands, Chilblains Corns, slnd
all Skin Eruptions, and pOstivel,
cures Piles, or no pay required.
It's guaranteed to give perfect sat
isfactlen, or money refunded
price 25 cents per box. ! or i 10
at Crouch Bros.
The South western news., 1887-06-22

'0UN Y OFFICERS.
ordinary-H S Bell
Clerk Superior Court-J C F Clark
Sheriff. G Marshall
Tax Receiver G NJ Harris
Tax Collecto.-J H Crouch
lFeasurer-J d Laing
SurveyOr-J E Waller
COrOner-John Daniel
County Farm Supt.-W H Cams
mage.
The South western news., 1887-06-22

You wrnt more exercise. hut,
doctor, Tn a postman.' Then you
need rest-jOin the police force. ~
New Iaven News. sa
The South western news., 1887-06-22
itREELL COUNCIL, NO SOL,
KNIGHTS OF HONOR
MASONIC.

1T Schley Lodge, No 229 F A
d. D. j NJ Simmons, w M; HI s
S Tel' Secretary; T Z Hannah,
leasureE. Meets Bird, Saturday
night in each month.
a. - eFf 80
"T " RIA CHATTER, NO 40.
r. believer, H P
= eng W d Murray, Scribe; J {
ga lark, Secretary. Meets 2ad
'''uraaynight in each month.
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p All papers stopped at .expir-
.,oo Of tire paid for, unless in
49,, where parties are known to be
' '',oo,si0le and they desire cons
fnualce. ''.-
The South western news., 1887-06-22

you feel dull drowsy ds6il hSdsI s @sys
suIiow color OF skin, or paSschc or dizzi
On 1AG lad taste in mouth internal heat o.
nS1 alternating with hot ushes low Splits
and gloomy forebodings irregular nr APRON rom
ana sh SS0@ St WyspCpSia, and EOTpIG
s HiG or "BIII cusmess.r In many
cases only part OF these symptoms : are e eHPS
rienced, As q remedy sn ,or M ~, Die:
cT ESr weak LHRga, SPistinE o.
MOOD. ShOrGOcss OF BrsaIn, sS and
ChlsI., AsIh naa; I Il an e9,icient remedy.
sntn ny DRUGGISTS, at $1'Vv' VV ~A'~
uRSsTTa.FS for $500 pto-oa,s
Send ten cents 4, stamps d ,os " ''''
BOOK ~ HnSsDemsary Rscdtcal &ssg"
TcImsiom. 663 Main Street. BUFFALo' n l.
The South western news., 1887-06-22
life.
INCARCERATION.

He spoke at some length of the
facts or of miscegenatiOn, which
many Northern writers have over
looked in their arguments. They
contend that the division line be.
tween the races must become more
and more distinct. Miscegenation
shows the fusion gong on, in spite
of its illegality, which renders the
division line less distinct, produc.
ing large mixed element which
becomes more and more allied to
the white FACE in direct proportion
to the amount of the white blood in
the new produce.
A deterioration in physique may
be looked upon as the natural re,
suit of the many influence at
work arising from the transporta-
ton of the race to foreign soil, tn
be thrown in the struggle tor exis-
tence against superior race, a
struggle which can have no ulti-
mate issue but defeat, and by de-.
feat he meant an inability to main.
sain the distinctive characteristics
of the race.
The South western news., 1887-06-22
A. N. E. CHURCH.

CITY GOVERNMENT
Mayor VIM. Kaigler,
tounciImen w c Kendrick. w
R heatham, G Deubler, J A
lIorley, T R Hannah.
Clerk L James.
Treasupr-F w Clark.
rarshall-L A Hatcher.
Deputy Marshall-John B Roberts
Street Overseer-Nick Kenney.
Council meets first Monday night
Il each month,
The South western news., 1887-06-22

The struggle will he a slow pro.
cess OF fusion by which the weak
and unstable elements will disap.
pear, while that which has any
permanency will become 50 blend
ed with the dominant race as TO
lose its individuality. OF the sta
ole and unstable the latter is by
far the greater. It's instability
may be measured by the physical
degeneracy. Even to-day, to call
the colored race the African race
is something OF a misnomer, be-
cause it has undergone many mOd>
iications. A change in language,
in soil, in climate; a change Of sur
roundings and associations are po-
tent influences to eventually de.
stroy the original radical traits.
The South western news., 1887-06-22
livor.isiBx Rates Moderate.
,..4'.s~a~aua1azEssVsIslIIaE
GENERAL DIRECTO2Y.
e CHURCHES.

Preaching at Baptist church LIST
mi Bid Sabbath in each month.
Norning Services at 10:45 A NJ
Evening Services at 6:45 2 N
sabbath School at 8. A M
PRAYER meeting every Wednes.
by night. ,,,,nr1LH
Preaching at Methodist church
ii, End and 4th Sabbath in each
month.
s.bbath School at, 3. AN
voming Services at, II AN
Evening Services at, JPN
Prayer Meeting every Thursday
night.
Rev. F A BRANCH. Pastor.
The South western news., 1887-06-22

All night long the dead may lay
Under the leaves and the rain.
washed clay.
The South western news., 1887-06-22

Well, why not? Nature will put
up a crop of weeds and grass if |
don't SOW down crop of peas.
What is the difference? / take
my choice OF crops, that's all, and
/ give more shade to the land.
The South western news., 1887-06-22

race.
Telegram-herald., 1887-08-31

r sny rrforssre noticed ia the descri ption
Of ne clam bake this moral az they should
be charged "a he CLERK Of Palioe Court.
81 smtne sef = iine ard ser If I've forgot
ten al Z vss ever sond lor. said rorer. as
ne wsIxec ln tn a esse in - composing
uoon issf niznt The campoxter atd nos
oriecf - resting ie~ minutes and gladly
surrendered hs s1ics. fCrer st~ucx the
cism bske ast Thsre he insreiierfs we're
berg pms 'rte he cit and aieked un the
type lrst- 7spiitY hcrios - 7-arh = rosnt
~nefs be c1uIo mss ne tsst he vas ssrisss
fne SAYS be Assistant Cilv Attorney ca
has-.l as tesef sad r0sie hins miss the
faast crt ae Llet faa Efrk before ~
reached tns 1ezirei co.ut sna returned f ta
ths rex1iar. Tho -creratn ,stsi linaeeif
sarrasirf taaf as Trng bad oes1 z~-~-
ina while as ss< resfing Hs rhsnxei h5s
rnsnd ater ho<srsr lt te0s aini lo-epr
rr eerrect The cr0of thaa e rou.t tc kar@
.af 1e the uletae7 s1a ne nexf uns roxar
tcres7z IN he ccr rcsfr9 rccn he vsti -
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Telegram-herald., 1887-08-31

Next to locking after money the people
are seeking for health; and the claim that
folks are poor il no more common than
that they are sick. Poverty and
bsd-rddsn ara terms that hy through
tbs world togsthsr, the same that brace
~ ducks skim over the waters brim. The
Bible allows somsthEng TO the effect ths,
"Hs who seeks bis hfs shall lose II" /"
and - srs not sure bat that is the his
tory 0f iayalids Who make il their great
Eis-obiscs 70 got vel They say that q
coward IN battle. one that lodges, is
almost sure 70 gss shot. while dsshing
heroic man - about a. certain to 20
Scoss srss-iust ~ SCorr did.
Whoever bssri Of person that said
nothing about his or her health. and ap-
rsrsntly paid ~ little attention 70 il.
t1ss vas very sickiy? As ths towards
get shot, 50 she chronic grumblers catch
r0rs than their share OF pains and aches.
Itsrs really seems 10 % such 3 thing
az hYxienio indifference "a Al Offset 10
sckly solicitude. Those who evsrlsst-
inxly fret about what they eat and drink.
taxing caly shat Is rumOrsd as being
healthy sueh ss look Tor toe moon
ever the right shoulder. and never walk
oat beneath she blue canopy of heaven
without a bat snd cloak on, tboss who
sra forever dosing With syrups and pills,
postnx os - popular ssnitasiun resorts,
drinking bot vstsr instead Of old
fashioned "a OF coffee and chronicsiiy
in6ulxing In sorae Of thousand plans q
treatment some csst-iso0 mode oi
hvinx-vhy. they almost deserve 70 bs
shat they are. regulation iayaiids.
II the universal rule wss. 10 eat and
driak whss Jon want. and snoazh Of il,
t. roll info work. or sctusl business oi
some kud. and 70 keep clssu. virtuous
srd warm. shsre would Be very httls de-
nsand for doctors.
A meuth ~ fun AZ summer resort Is
worth more than hundred pill-bszs